As soon as he heard the words "Fire Dragon Burning Warehouse", Shen Dongkui's face changed, he couldn't suppress the anger in his heart, and slapped the table and said, "What a boldness!" How dare you use such a method? Come on, follow the old man to see for himself, and see what other means they haven't used! ”

He knew that once he checked the granary reserves, there would definitely be problems, and the most drastic method was the fire dragon burning the warehouse. Once the fire burns, it will be a hundred, and no matter how big the deficit is, it can be filled. It's just that as soon as this method is used, it will tear your face and make it clear that you will not give face to Shangguan, and you will definitely not have a good life in the future, and everyone usually tries their best to avoid this method.

When the group arrived at the place, they saw that the fire was raging, and Changping in Kaifeng had been surrounded by fire. The officers and soldiers of the city and the people nearby rushed over to put out the fire. Some officials went around to arrest the people and came to help, and the scene was very chaotic.

Yang Chengzu glanced at it a few times, shook his head and said, "After this fire, the loss will not be too small." ”

"Good thief, you really dare to play this trick, what about Ambassador Ku?"

A Zhao Mo official of the Chief Minister's Department hurriedly replied: "Ambassador Ku is in the treasury, and he didn't run out when the fire started, so I guess people won't be able to do it." ”

"Kill people!" Yang Chengzu's heart moved, it seems that the amount of grain they got out of the government this time will not be too small, otherwise there is no need to directly use such violent means, Song Zhaonan's errand this time is not very easy.

After returning to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Shen Dongkui was obviously angry, and directly ordered someone to invite Zeng Yangong, the political history of Henan. These two people have a very close personal relationship, and after meeting, Shen Dongkui was not polite, and asked directly: "Uncle Zeng, what do you think is going on with the fire dragon burning warehouse this time?" Is it that the fire in the warehouse was careless, which ignited the forage and caused Huilu? ”

Zeng Yangong smiled bitterly: "Brother Shen doesn't have to be like this, I understand what you mean, but I can only say that there is no way." We are civil officials, and if we want to handle this case, it has to be the business of the officials and the brocade guards, not our business. However, if there is such a problem under my system, I will not be able to escape the blame, and I will be guilty of it. ”

"I didn't ask you to plead guilty, I asked you what to do. You are a provincial government, and now there are people in our province who want to raise the price of grain, and there are people who are plotting to cause chaos, you must come up with a plan for me. If you can't get it out, don't blame me for not being a friend and not ending with you. ”

Zeng Yangong smiled bitterly: "Method, method is not nothing, but it is difficult to say whether it can be done." My method is to buy food, but do we have that much silver? Since someone wants to raise the price, we have to be responsible for parity, and in the final analysis, this kind of struggle will still fall on a money word in the end. Whoever has more money will be able to hold out until the end. But we are here in Henan, not Susong, not Yangzhou, even if it is a library, it is also stretched, where do you let me raise so much silver? ”

Shen Dongkui pondered for a while and said: "This time I raided Jin Changling's home, but I confiscated some gold and silver, as well as some antique treasures, but it is not very easy to realize those things. Moreover, it is the Jin family's land, I read the title deed, he has more than 100 hectares of land, if he sells these fields......"

"Brother Shen, the land sold by the government said that it couldn't be sold for too much money, and the other said, in the current situation, do you think those big families will be in a hurry to buy it? Ordinary people can't afford it, big households don't buy it, no matter how good this field is, it's a waste. They will only wait for the food shortage to exchange grain for land, and the price they give, to be honest, is similar to giving them for free. ”

For the conduct of these big households in Henan, several adults have a good idea in their hearts. Although the words of what cultivation and reading heirlooms, poems and books have been handed down for a long time, and etiquette is long, and he has personally sent the plaque of the house of goodness, no one will really believe this.

Whether it is a big family or a rich businessman, they all eat people and do not spit out bones. They basically participated in this grain speculation, and at this time, they sold their fields to raise funds to fight against them, and it was strange that these people were willing to agree.

Shen Dongkui suddenly asked Yang Chengzu: "Yang Baihu, what do you think of the sale of land?" ”

"In front of Lao Zhongcheng, how can there be a place to speak with a humble position, your arrangement is naturally wise."

"Now is the time to be in the same boat, you don't have to be too restrained, you can say whatever you want, you can say whatever you want, and the old man doesn't care about you. Commander Song, you are the same, you can say whatever you have. ”

"Thank you to the old military family, what Uncle Zeng said just now, I feel that it makes sense. Selling land to wealthy merchants is mostly not feasible now. However, if it is sold to the vassal king, there is probably still something to do. Today, King Zhou Chitose donated thousands of stones of grain in one go, which is also a big deal, and we should also show him something. ”

"Whether it is these fields or antiques, they are just sold to the King of Zhou, although the price may not be high, but it is better than selling them to those rich merchants. And we can state that the amount of grain we want, how much gold and silver we want, and the delivery of which is more convenient. ”

King Zhou has been in Kaifeng for several generations, and his family treasures are like mountains, and he does have enough financial resources to eat these dozens of hectares of land, as well as a few properties plus those antiques, calligraphy and paintings. It's just that the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty have always had a glorious tradition of seeing the vassal king unpleasantly, and under normal circumstances, they would not think of cooperating with the vassal king.

Listening to Yang Chengzu's words, Shen Dongkui also felt quite reasonable, he finally had the mentality of wanting to do this well, he didn't want the food shortage to cause a civil uprising, as long as he could raise food and silver, it would not be a big partnership with anyone. It is true that after these fields are sold to the royal government, they can no longer collect taxes, but the problem is that if you sell them to large households, these fields will also disappear from the white book, and they will not be able to collect taxes in the future, so there is no additional loss for the government.

Yang Chengzu said again: "In addition to the palace, we also have a god of wealth in Henan, and that is Shaolin Temple." He has so many monk properties, so many Buddha fields, and there must be a lot of savings in the temple, and they raise money from all over the world on weekdays, and now it is time for them to contribute to the benefit of the people. ”

"Monk?" Zeng Yangong and Shen Dongkui glanced at each other, and they were silent, among the envoys in Henan, monks are a first-class and difficult thing to do. Even the normal taxes of the imperial court may be destroyed by the monks, and if you ask them for money and food at this time, it is estimated that you will only be bored.

Yang Chengzu said: "Here, there is a not very mature idea, let's talk to Lao Zhongcheng and Uncle Fang, let's negotiate directly with the Shaolin monk, most of them will not work." But if the situation in Henan is revised to Beijing and handed over to the Heavenly Family, I think the Shaolin monks will inevitably obey the will of the Heavenly Family, and maybe this money and grain matter will be settled. However, there is another incident that we have to guard against more than money and food at the moment, that is, the second fire dragon burning warehouse. ”

"We have to transport thousands of stones of grain over today, and with these thousands of stones of grain, the price of grain will definitely be affected, and those big grain merchants may not be willing to let us release the rice. Either buy it or burn it, in short, we won't be allowed to put the rice on the market. ”

Shen Dongkui glanced at Song Zhaonan and said, "Commander Song, if this grain is stolen and sold, the old man will talk to Zeng Fangbo." But if there is a second fire dragon burning warehouse, the old man will have to ask you for an explanation. ”